Emergency personnel are on the scene at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, after a woman died on the Texas Giant roller coaster, background left, on July 19.

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Natalie DiBlasio
USA TODAY

Investigators are trying to determine how a woman fell to her death from the tallest steel-hybrid coaster in the world Friday night at Six Flags Over Texas.

The accident happened just after 6:30 p.m. Friday at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. Park spokeswoman Sharon Parker confirmed that a woman died while riding the Texas Giant roller coaster but did not specify how she was killed. However, witnesses told local media outlets that the woman fell.

Carmen Brown of Arlington was waiting in line as the victim was being secured in for the ride. She told
The Dallas Morning News
the woman had ...